Why won't this ruby regex match this string?

Question

x = "output/file.zip"

x =~ /output\/.\../

returns nil. There is something wrong with escaping the period, but I can't figure it out.

Nikita Rybak · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-18 19:46:15Z

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. usually means "any character" in regex. Try .*, which means ". repeated zero or more times":

x =~ /output\/.*\..*/

Works fine for me.

answered Feb 18, 2011 at 19:46

Nikita Rybak

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You can also use .+ which means ". repeated one or more times"